2026 Irish Gigs (Confirmed & Rumoured Events)

Im not sure about that Ireland punches well above its weight for big acts.

The Foos is an odd one, if they are coming as far as Liverpool Dublin is a short hop and there is a nice gap in Marlay park for them if they wanted to play.

You make very serious points and then return to glib nonsense when people cite credible examples that don't make sense. Anyone paying attention can see a trend away from rock music in bookings for Dublin. Foos this week simply makes no sense, neither did Radiohead. I want to have my concerns allayed and move on, but the evidence simply doesnt allow for it.

Any/all pissweak singer songwriters get their time here. Recent spike in US "new-country" an evolution of this strong suit with our promoters. They seem easy and cheap to arrange shows for.

We've given up on a lot of decent rock bands in Dublin. Example I cite repeatedly and don't get a credible response is the lack of decent explanation for Gizzard not playing Dublin in 8 years.

Predictable response. Yes they did. And? Im referring to Dublin.

Not exactly every other mate. Glad to hear another on 'ere that raises an eyebrow tho.

The great Dublin tragedy — Foo Fighters won’t grace us this time, so the whole tour must be a failure.

Remember lads, not everyone lives within a dart ride of Marlay or the Aviva. Some of us are used to hopping on a plane for gigs — it’s really not that traumatic. Book a flight, see a new city, different crowd, maybe even have a pint somewhere that doesn’t serve Guinness in plastic cups.

The collective hand-wringing over Foo Fighters skipping Dublin is starting to sound like a national emergency. You’d swear Grohl himself declared the country unfit for rock.

Some gentle perspective: not everyone lives within a leisurely Luas ride of the Aviva. Out west, we travel for everything — gigs, flights. We’ve long accepted that if you want to see a major act, you pack a bag and make a weekend of it. Funny thing is, most of us manage it without composing an essay on promoter incompetence.

If you genuinely want to see the Foos, it’s hardly a hardship. Liverpool’s a short hop away, Madrid’s a grand excuse for sunshine and sangria, and you’ll probably spend less than you would on one Dublin hotel night and a few rounds in town. Take a few days off, meet new faces, soak in a different crowd.

The band’s doing twelve shows in a month. They’re not on a pilgrimage to please every postcode; they’re running a streamlined tour. It’s logistics, not betrayal.

And perhaps it’s time to ease up on the “real music” purism. People can enjoy pop, country, or whatever else fills a venue — it doesn’t make them lesser fans, and it doesn’t threaten rock’s sacred order.

So yes, no Irish date this time. It’s mildly disappointing, not a cultural extinction event. Remember — it’s a gig, not the end of the world.

If Joe Sh1t the Maga Ragman is playing, can guarantee he'll be booked for the 3arena tho.

It’s not up to the promoters it’s up to king gizzard/their agent/manager who control their own schedule.
all that promoters can do is submit offers for agent to consider based on fee, type of venue demanded, venue availability and suitable venue based on artist demand/fee requested.

king gizzard are in a no man’s land here. Not popular enough for a reduced capacity 3 arena and too expensive for an Olympia theatre.
only real option going forward is a festival offer.

Bizarre anti Dublin sentiment morelike. Its the largest city, with the most venues and the biggest fanbase. Park the animosity at the door, lads.

Jesus

And yet you respond favourably to the dublin transport guru luxuriating in the wonders of air travel for gigs.

Normally I'd agree, but it has a "Live Tractor Area". So ridicule is more than fair in this instance.

Ive been abroad for hundreds of shows over the years. Good for you if you love travelling for shows, búla bus chief.

Yeah I enjoyed the trip to London for the Aphex Twin gig at Field Day, it was a buzz to experience a UK equivalent to Longitude/Forbidden Fruit and a pretty amazing electronic line up in 2023. It was like that in the 70s and 80s too, all the big bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple limited their gigs to a handful of dates at Earls Court or Wembley, either go to see them in London or not.

The last time Floyd tried to organise a gig in Dublin was 1988 at the RDS and that turned into fiasco and David Gilmour has really never came back to Ireland to gig since 1984, but Waters has taken advantage and played Dublin and Cork a few times. Scotland gets missed a lot too with some tours but now Edinburgh and Glasgow has some decent sized venues and does a bit better these days for gigs.